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Frontiersman Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone pioneered early American expansion and helped to settle the country, becoming an enduring American legend.
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Ludwig Lew Wetzel Indian Fighter
In the 18th century Ohio frontier Ludwig "Lewis" Wetzel served as the boogeyman of the forests on his one-man revenge-fueled warpath
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Scout and Hunter Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill Cody rose from humble beginnings to become so famous that his name inspires images of the Wild West.
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Line of Descent from Thomas Hurlburt (1610-1671)
Thomas Hurlburt reportedly crossed the Atlantic in 1635 with Lion Gardiner, who built and commanded the fort at Saybrook, Connecticut.
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Over The Mountain Men in Carolinas
Indian Fighters, Colonial Militia, Partisans, Continental Soldiers fight neighbors and Redcoats in this freshly detailed chronicle of America's Revolution in the South
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William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Buffalo Bill was a famous scout, hunter, rights advocate, and a colorful showman who chronicled "The America Wild West" in exhibition and pageant for the world to see.
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Custer's Not-So-Fighting Seventh Cavalry
Few troopers in Custer's famed unit had any combat experience when they rode against the Sioux at the Little Bighorn River in Montana.
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George Armstrong Custer
The life, times and violent death of one of America's most controversial generals.
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Jacob Anguish
The Revolutionary War was a bloody, frightening and difficult time for the families who lived through it, as one soldier's story well illustrates.
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Scotts Bluff - Oregon Trail, NB
California Gold Rush in 1849 summoned easterners across the Mississippi River and to travel over the most rugged terrain in the mid 19th century.
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Anna Harrison
Anna Harrison, the wife of ninth U.S. president William Henry Harrison, was completely different from any other First Lady for a variety of reasons.
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Exploring Old Montreal: Book Review
Book Review of Exploring Old Montreal authored by Alan Hustak
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Special Days in History - July 17th Anniversaries
Birthday, anniversary, special Occasion? Discover who was born on this day and what momentous occasions also took place on this day in history.
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Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson
Bat Masterson was one of the most renowned "Lawmen of the Old West" but was not the cold-blooded killer that so many false legends and counterfeit reports claimed.
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Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit Carson spent years helping stop the "Indian Uprisings" and to create a safe environment for white American settlers, unfortunately at the expense of native Americans.
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Legend
After thirty years, the adventure of Apollo 11 still resonates in the human soul.
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Martha "Calamity Jane" Cannary
Calamity Jane was a professional Indian Scout, marksman, showman, and personal friend of Wild Bill Hickok who broke through the gender barriers of her time.
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The Sagers Go West, part 9
Captain Shaw leads the wagon train over the treacherous Blue Mountains. After traveling another some three hundred miles they arrive at the Whitman Mission. Mrs. Whitman agrees to take the girls in but refuses the boys until Dr. Whitman declares that he wants them.
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Deadly Daring Deadwood Dick
Deadwood Dick of Deadwood, South Dakota did not really exist except in the printed imagination of Edward L. Wheeler. Not until 1927 was Dick Clarke, stable hand, asked to impersonate the fictitious character, and then came to believe that he was the real Deadwood Dick.
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Jim Bridger and the Fur Trade (Part 1)
Jim Bridger was one of the most famous mountain men of the American frontier. He blazed new trails and made friends with the Indians. The first part of his life was spent trapping and trading.
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The Sagers Go West, part 8
Captain Shaw leads the wagon train over the treacherous Blue Mountains. After traveling another some three hundred miles they arrive at the Whitman Mission. Mrs. Whitman agrees to take the girls in but refuses the boys until Dr. Whitman declares that he wants them.
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Canyon de Chelley: Ancient Footsteps
Archealogical evidence shows native peoples lived in this long sandstone canyon for nearly 5,000 years. Pictographs, petroglyphs and crumbling cliff ruins remain of the people who once made their homes here. Plowed fields, homes and hogans now prove that modern Navajo people thrive under the 1,000-foot sheer walls of this beautiful canyon today.
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